A water glass used by Teddy Roosevelt after being shot, 1912

Glass used by Teddy Roosevelt after assassination attempt

On the night of October 14, 1912, Theodore Roosevelt spoke to a crowd in Milwaukee despite having been shot by a would-be assassin prior to the event. Milwaukee was a campaign stop for Roosevelt who was running for president as the candidate of the newly independent Progressive Party. Unbeknownst to Roosevelt, a New York bartender, John Schrank, had been stalking him for three weeks and finally managed to get off a shot from his .38-caliber revolver as Roosevelt departed for his speaking engagement. Unwilling to miss his speech, Roosevelt trivialized the wound and insisted on speaking. Roosevelt drank from this glass during the speech.